AND COMPLETE HERBAL, 1L7 
of the herb, gargled between the'teeth that ach, eafeth the pain, and the powder of 
the dried root laid upon.an aching, hollow, or loofe tooth, will caufe it to fall out. 
The juice mixed with fome powder of brimftone, is not only good againit the itch, 
but taketh away all difcolourings of the fkin whatfoever, and ifit chance that in a 
tender body it caufeth any itching or inflammation, it is helped. 
Another bad method have phyficians’in adminiftering relief to the eye, which is 
worfe than the needle: that is, to eat away the film by corroding or gnawing medi- 
cines: this I abfolutely proteft againft, 1. becaufe the tunicles of the eyes are very 
thin, and therefore foon eaten afunder. 2. The cedlus or film that they would eat 
away, is feldom of an equal thicknefs in every place, and by that means the tu- 
nicle may be eaten.afunder in one place, before the film be confumed in another, and 
fo prove a readier way toextinguifh the fight, than to reftore it. It is called chei- 
donium from the Greek word «ade, which fignifies a fwallow, becaufe they fay, that 
if you prick out the eyes of young fwallows when they arein the neit, the old ones 
will recover their eyes again with this herb. This 1 am confident, for I have tried 
it, that if you mar the very apple of their eyes with a needie, fhe will recover them 
again; but whether with this herb or not, Idonotknow. — . 
Alfo I have read, and it feems to me fomewhat probable, that the herb Gains ga- 
thered, as I fhewed before, and the elements feparated from it by the,art of the al- 
chymift, and after they are drawn apart, rectified, the earthy quality ftill in rectifying 
them, added to the serra damnata, as alchymifts call it, or as fome philofophers term 
it, terra facratiffima; the elements fo rectified, are fufficient for the cure of all dif- 
eafes, the humour offending being known, and the contrary element given. If is.an 
experiment worth ne trying, and can do no harm. : 
/ The Lefer CELANDIN E. 
IT is ufaally known by the name of pilewort, ad fogwort, and I esis eevee 
on what account the name of celandine was given it, which refembles it neither in 
nature or form. It acquired'the name of pilewort from its virtues, and it being no 
matter where I fet it down, fo Peete 2 fall proceed to the def- 
sription. 
ee ee This celandine, or pilewort, othe ices many round, pale, green 
leaves, fet on weak and trailing branches, which lie upon the ground, and are flat, 
fmooth, and fomewhat fhining, and in fome places, though feldom, marked with 
black fpots, each ftanding on a long foot{talk, among which rife fmall yellow 
flowers, confifting of nine or ten fmal] narrow leaves, upon flender footftalks, very 
_ ikea crowfoot, :whereunto the feed alfois not unlike, being many. fmall ones fet 
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